| 6 septembre 2006 (Wednesday, seond
Lunar July 14) 300
Thousand Foreigners Working in Shanghai
According to the figures
released by Shanghai authorities,
currently there are 300,000 foreigners
living and working in Shanghai on a
permanent basis, with short-term overseas
visitors to the city reaching 3 million a
year. The number of foreign students
enrolling in the local universities also
grows rapidly. Fudan University, for
instance, has more than 5000 students
from overseas.
Night scene
of Shanghai by the Bond
While the majority of the
foreign workers believe that in respect
of city management Shanghai still has
some catch-up to do, they think its
jubilant and upbeat nightlife is
unmatchable by most cities in the world.
China’s
Aging Population Reaches 100 Million
The latest sample survey
shows that by the end of year 2005, for
the first time in history the number of
China’s aging population (aged 65 or
over) has broken the 100 million mark,
that is about 7.7 percent of the total
population. (Source: 新华网)
7 septembre 2006 (Thursday, seond Lunar
July 15)
A Monk
Saved A Nun
Monday lunchtime
in Fujian Province, a young nun went up
to a crossover highway and sat on the
fence with an obvious intention to jump
down. As police tried to work out how to
coax her off the fence, and below on the
streets, the crowds looked up pondering
what would happen next, a monk jumped out
of his car. Before anyone had realised
what was going on, he dashed over and
grabbed the nun off the fence and carried
her to the safe hand of police.
It happened that
the monk was driving past the cross
section. When he spotted the scene, he
immediately figured out what was going on
and acted without hesitation.
May be Chinese
police should be trained in monasteries.
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